Survey Data
Reg No
50011171
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Electricity substation
In Use As
Electricity substation
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
318640, 234848
Date Recorded
23/11/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Attached single-bay single-storey electricity substation, built c.1900. Flat roof hidden behind brick parapet wall with granite coping and central pediment rising above pediment with granite capstones to centre and either side. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with brick plinth course, brick pilasters to either end, moulded brick string course and moulded brick cornice to base of parapet. Central square-headed door opening with replacement steel doors and chamfered granite lintel. Open pediment to door opening with applied Dublin City coat of arms to tympanum and dentillated brick detail to raking cornice of pediment.
Appraisal
This diminutive structure was built as a utilitarian piece of infrastructure in an industrial docklands area. The inclusion of a pedimented door surround shows the remarkable attention to aesthetic detail that was employed in all civic projects up to the early twentieth century.